MORO

The MORO is workshop house.

This MORO built at Meiji Period ［Era］in Japan. It is about 100years ago.

The MORO is not the tangible cultural property of the Seto city. But, in fact, MORO of this place is a considerably valuable building.

A pillar supporting this MORO is two of them with a traditional big tree. I heard from old days that the tree twisted a little is stronger, but it may be a true.

It is a model of MORO in "the Seto GURA museum" in around memorial bridges of Seto river.

It is the ITASASHI. The ITASASHI is shelf of drying pottery.

Put goods on the MORO-ITA(wood board) and dry the goods naturally under the eaves of the MORO.

This view is inside of MORO.

And the whole picture of the DORYOKU.

The big pulley and belt which there see in the front are devices moving a stamper, churn and a potter's wheel with one power motor at a time. In the middle from early days of the Showa Period［Era］, these called this "DOURYOKU" in those days.

these do not work now.

And you can see the big tree for the pillar supporting of MORO on the top of "DORYOKU".

An axis (a shaft) to go around by "DORYOKU" was buried under the woods board seen on this floor, and spun a woody potter's wheel.

The axis (the shaft) still stays when you turn over this woods board.

And it is the woody potter's wheel.

It is the electric potter's wheel which it uses now to be seen at the both ends of the photo.

And The woody potter's wheel that it was an active part at the middle from the early days of the Showa Period［Era］ to be seen at centrally of the photo. It is not used now.

It is the Stamper.

Probably, among the people who visited this pottery, there will be few people observed this stamper.

The stamper that this moved by a certain "DORYOKU" in MORO. It crushed clay in this.